Mike Mitchell (director)

Mike Mitchell (born c. 1970/71)^[1] is an American film director, producer, actor and animator. He is well known for directing the films Surviving Christmas, Sky High, Shrek Forever After for DreamWorks Animation, Popeye for Sony Pictures Animation.

• 1 Life and career
• 2 Filmography as director
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Life and career

Mitchell was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the son of Julia Baker and Robert Mitchell, a lawyer and former chairman of the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board.^[1] He graduated from Putnam City North High School, and subsequently moved to Los Angeles to attend the California Institute of the Arts.^[1] Working for such filmmakers as Tim Burton and Spike Jonze, Mitchell became an accomplished illustrator. He started his career as director for Matt O'Callagahan's The Itsy Bitsy Spider. He first gained critical attention when he co-wrote, produced and directed the short film “Herd,” which won several film festival awards, including the Spirit of Slamdance Award at the 1999 Slamdance Festival. That same year, he made his feature film directorial debut with the comedy Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, starring Rob Schneier. He later directed films like Surviving Christmas and Sky High. In 2006 he joined DreamWorks Animation and was a story artist for Shrek the Third and Creative Consultant for Kung Fu Panda. He is now at PDI directing the upcoming movie Shrek Forever After. He also worked as voice actor in Monsters vs. Aliens as additional voices. He also directed the live action sequence of The Spongebob Squarepants Movie. He is currently^[when?] working as a story artist, consultant and director for DreamWorks/PDI. Mitchell will also direct Nightcrawlers, a supernatural action comedy.^[2]

Filmography as director

• Popeye (2012)
• Shrek Forever After (2010)
• The Loop (TV) (2007)
• Sky High (2005)
• Surviving Christmas (2004)
• Greg the Bunny (TV) (2002)
• Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999)
• Herd (1999)
• Frannie's Christmas (1993)
• The Itsy Bitsy Spider (TV) (1993)

References

External links

• Mike Mitchell at the Internet Movie Database

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